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Of itself it would have been enough to kill the huge sprawling novel of the
Victorians; the loss is obvious if we think of David Copperfield, Vanity Fair, and
Middlemarch. When we come to the secondary writers, however, it is a different
matter.
Of itself it would have been enough to kill the huge sprawling novel of the
Victorians; the loss is obvious if we think of David Copperfield, Vanity Fair, and
Middlemarch. When we come to the secondary writers, however, it is a different
matter.
Page 287
Moore's true successor in Naturalism, apart from Bennett in one or two early
novels and Riceyman Steps towards the end of his career, is Somerset Maugham
(b. 1874), whose first novel, Liza of Lambeth, it is a little disconcerting to realize, ...
Moore's true successor in Naturalism, apart from Bennett in one or two early
novels and Riceyman Steps towards the end of his career, is Somerset Maugham
(b. 1874), whose first novel, Liza of Lambeth, it is a little disconcerting to realize, ...
Page 313
In three novels, however, he does rise above the civilized entertainment which
has generally been the end he has proposed for himself. These are his first novel
, Liza of Lambeth (1897), Of Human Bondage (1915), and Cakes and Ale (1930).
In three novels, however, he does rise above the civilized entertainment which
has generally been the end he has proposed for himself. These are his first novel
, Liza of Lambeth (1897), Of Human Bondage (1915), and Cakes and Ale (1930).
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Contents
Acknowledgments | 7 |
The Beginnings | 19 |
The Eighteenth Century | 40 |
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| Title | The English Novel: A Short Critical History Volume 9 of Dutton Paperback: D Pelican books |
| Author | Walter Ernest Allen |
| Publisher | Phoenix House, 1954 |
| Original from | Indiana University |
| Digitized | 16 Jan 2009 |
| Length | 359 pages |
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